Porifera name details
Pachychalina mollis Wilson, 1902
178469 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178469)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 2: 375-411.
page(s): 390-391 [details]
page(s): 390-391 [details]
Type locality contained in Greater Antilles
type locality contained in Greater Antilles [details]
Homonymy This is a junior secondary homonym of Pachychalina mollis (Topsent, 1897 as Cacochalina), but the present species is...
Homonymy This is a junior secondary homonym of Pachychalina mollis (Topsent, 1897 as Cacochalina), but the present species is reassigned to Amphimedon thus removing the homonymy (ICZN Art. 59.2). See Van Soest et al. (2020) for further explanation.
The species is incertae sedis, possibly a junior synonym of Amphimedon viridis. [details]
The species is incertae sedis, possibly a junior synonym of Amphimedon viridis. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Pachychalina mollis Wilson, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=178469 on 2025-04-04
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2005-08-03 12:59:43Z
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Aracina, Claudia
original description
Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 2: 375-411.
page(s): 390-391 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 390-391 [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Homonymy This is a junior secondary homonym of Pachychalina mollis (Topsent, 1897 as Cacochalina), but the present species is reassigned to Amphimedon thus removing the homonymy (ICZN Art. 59.2). See Van Soest et al. (2020) for further explanation.The species is incertae sedis, possibly a junior synonym of Amphimedon viridis. [details]
